by Shannon Heaton | Jun 9, 2020 | IMS Podcast
Shannon Heaton's show about trad music and dance, and the bigger stories behind Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. Episode 42-The Long Arm of the Tradition Persistent infections like Covid-19, social injustice, and racism loom large. And still, these little...
by Shannon Heaton | Jun 8, 2020 | music
June 8, 2020 – It’s the beginning of Week 13 for our family, of running sessions, music lessons, daily little kid livestreams (that’s my husband Matt’s gig), and school for our own kid… HERE. At home. We’ve been writing music, too....
by Shannon Heaton | Jun 8, 2020 | IMS Podcast
With a full heart, I offer this Japanese translation of the inaugural Irish Music Stories episode. I hope this will allow more listeners to enjoy this story of why 400,000 people–and a band of kids from Boston–ended up at the All Ireland music competition in Sligo. ...
by Shannon Heaton | May 30, 2020 | music
(updated June 10, with more thoughts about a flute end cap!) The title of this post gives it away. My friend Lisa Danforth has a prototype of a mask–with activated carbon filter–that may help flute players mitigate risk of virus transmission while playing....
by Shannon Heaton | May 12, 2020 | IMS Podcast
Shannon Heaton's show about trad music and dance, and the bigger stories behind Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. Episode 41-Transplanting Tradition in the Land of the Trees What do rampant evictions, military ship collisions, and Christmas trees have to...
